The best public toilet I’ve ever visited may have been at the Blue Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand. You enter through a swirling cloud of mist, past lush landscaping. But the foliage ...

When the kids were growing up, we had a giant weeping willow tree in the backyard. It was a magnificent specimen with long, ...

Human encounters with wildlife are becoming more common due to shrinking natural habitats and expanding human neighborhoods, says Rachel Smith, manager of Cedar Rapids Animal Care and Control in Cedar ...

As I imagine the scene, it was a pelting night of rain on the Pebble Beach Golf Links, yet warm light emerged from the ...

At this time of year, birds often fly around carrying bits of grass, twigs, cobwebs—and sometimes, here on Capitol Hill, trash—for building nests. Many birds lay several clutches of eggs every ...

Expedition 33 is a masterpiece of a game and contains one of the most interesting fantasy worlds in recent history. One can ...

Big changes at Disneyland! Porto’s is on the way, construction walls are everywhere, refurbishments are piling up, and lots ...

From subtle differences in appearance to the dangers they pose, industry pros reveal all you need to know about these common ...

After hiking a mile, the three of us—mountaineer Greg Child, photographer Bill Hatcher and I—emerged abruptly from the trees to stand ... public imagination, we can be forgiven for thinking ...

There it is, like a mirage in Clinton – the Water-Zoo Indoor Water Park, a glass-enclosed aquatic wonderland that makes you ...

Most youngsters leave home when they hit their late teens or early twenties – whether to study or find a job. By this time their parents will have ensured some basic education and lectured them on the ...